The Royal Alexandra children's hospital

The Royal Alexandra children's hospital

A new multi-million pound children's hospital was today revealed as Britain's best public building.The Royal Alexandra children's hospital in Brighton, East Sussex, was chosen from a 21-strong shortlist to win the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award

Thursday 9 October 2008 06.02 EDT

The Royal Alexandra children's hospital, Brighton, East Sussex, was opened in 1881 but in June 2007 it reopened at a new site, at the city's Royal Sussex county hospital, with three times the floor space of the old hospital and double the number of beds